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Fish's DNA Holds Clues to Evolution: Scientists

Scientists find DNA for placenta, limbs in ancient fish

(Newser) - The coelacanth doesn't just look like a prehistoric fish, it was believed to be one, extinct for some 70 million years—until one turned up at a South African fish market in 1938. Now, scientists have decoded the endangered species' genome, and they say they've found some clues...

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